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There is no parasailing or jet skiing in Galapagos nor are there budget accommodations. There are plenty of nonchalant wildlife and sober guides scold you when you are less than six feet from a sea lion or tortoise. While the sun shines, it hides behind low lying...
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Long Train Running by The Doobie Brothers, Lyrics by Tom Johnston. Memorable bits of song: Rhythmic guitar riff that progresses and intensifies, wailing harmonica solo and the refrain: without love where would you be right now…? What I remember from then: Head banging...
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In Malaysia where I was born, you address complete strangers as Elder Sister, Aunt, Mother or Grandma, or the male equivalent. If they are younger than you, you call them Younger Brother or Sister or Son/Daughter. People you know will attach these titles to your name...
The Rock That Swallows Mothers(Illustration courtesy of esplanade.com) When I was a […]
Constantly by Cliff Richard or How I Learned English
Bucktooth(image courtesy of Vintage Everyday) When my mother […]
Chapter 4. Challenges and CelebrationsThose times were BP, Before Penicillin, and there were a number of serious childhood illnesses, which were expected for most children, like rites of passage. I only know from being told that my first severe illness, which had to have included some pain, was a kidney infection when I was just a baby. I don’t know how this was treated, but the after-effects would follow me into my teens due to my mother’s lifelong concern for my plumbing […]